Tagged With "Disease"

By The Daily, The New York Times, May 20, 2020 Some have called the pandemic “the great equalizer.” But the coronavirus is killing black Americans at staggeringly higher rates than white Americans. Today, we explore why. Guest: Linda Villarosa, a writer for The New York Times Magazine covering racial health disparities, who spoke to Nicole Charles in New Orleans, La. about the death of her husband, Cornell Charles, known as Dickey. He was 51. For more information on today’s episode, visit...

By Abby R. Rosenberg, JAMA Pediatrics, April 14, 2020 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is affecting our health care community in unprecedented ways. As a pediatric oncologist who studies resilience in the context of illness, I started thinking about what this pandemic means for our professional resilience a few weeks ago, when the first US patient with fatal COVID-19 died in my home city of Seattle, Washington. Promoting resilience among health care workers and organizations starts with...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2023), there are several tips for individuals to stay happy and healthy this Summer season. A few preventative health tips include the following: Insure to move more, at least 1 hour and 30 minutes of physical activity each week (keep moving), protect yourself from harmful sun rays by wearing sunscreen, wear appropriate clothing to cover skin to eliminate skin cancer, and when outdoors for extended periods of time, be sure to wear...